| 释义 |
[ tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs ] / ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tedious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemarked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey. wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker, a writer, or the work they produce; prolix. Origin of tedious1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin tēdiōsus,Late Latin taediōsus.See tedium, -ous SYNONYMS FOR tedious1 wearing, boring, tiring, monotonous, dull. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tedious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tediouste·di·ous·ly, adverbte·di·ous·ness, nouno·ver·te·di·ous, adjectiveo·ver·te·di·ous·ly, adverb o·ver·te·di·ous·ness, nounun·te·di·ous, adjectiveun·te·di·ous·ly, adverb Words nearby tediousteddy, teddy bear, Teddy boy, Teddy girl, Te Deum, tedious, tedium, TED spread, tee, tee-hee, teeing ground Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tediousBut shaving quickly became a hassle; the tedious measure of the day at work ahead. Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Shaving: the most boring, tedious thing a man must do in his little retinue of personal upkeep chores. Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST “It was tedious,” Lady Body told the Daily Mail of the work she did. Kate Middleton’s Code-Breaking Granny: Duchess Uncovers Wartime Secrets|Tim Teeman|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is undergoing a tedious reinvention of sorts, trying to clean up its act after decades of scandals. The Money-Laundering Vatican Bank Comes Clean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's tedious work, but Fernández and Murillo seem to truly love it. The Absinthe-Minded Porteños of Buenos Aires|Jeff Campagna|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST It served to cheat away a tedious hour, and I returned to my tent fatigued and half sick. Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft We arrived at length last night, after a long and tedious journey, in the former capital of the world. Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr Beyond the haunts of menThey urge their tedious way,When lo! Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian|Thomas Boyles Murray The last day of this most tedious Carnival at length arrived. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi|Count Carlo Gozzi That story which Tommy had found so tedious on the beach at Baja had been fulfilling itself of late. The Furnace|Rose Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for tedious
adjectivecausing fatigue or tedium; monotonous obsolete progressing very slowly Derived forms of tedioustediously, adverbtediousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tediousannoying, boring, dreary, tiring, exhausting, humdrum, banal, tiresome, laborious, uninteresting, endless, arid, drab, dragging, dry, dusty, insipid, irksome, lifeless, mortal |